Home page > Walks photos <		southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Berkeley and Sharpness 5 June 2007 A 6 mile mid-week walk .
		You've got it wrong guys - this is the queue for bungee jumping .
		South Cots are meeting over there where Ray is ready to go .
		We head out of Berkeley getting a stoney look from these farmyard animals .
		Looking across the fields we see an old mill once part of the Berkeley estate .
		We head through the undergrowth .
		Along the Berkeley Pill .
		Following the Severn Way .
		And walk round a field with views of the power station in the background .
		Pausing as we approach the Severn .
		The Pill now having become a much wider tributary .
		A modern sculpture? .
		We head along the river with Sharpness in front .
		It's something to do with navigation .
		A modern sculpture by Damien Hirst .
		We were promised trains, boats and planes in the programme .
		Looking across to Lydney Docks we see some boats, where are the planes? .
		Ray admits this is the closest we are going to get .
		We check out the visitor information at Sharpness Docks .
		And notice a photo of the old railway bridge across the Severn before its demise in the 1960's .
		A boat is waiting for the tide .
		We sit down for our morning break .
		In the docks .
		Where picnic tables are provided .
		Now a boatyard - what was it originally? .
		More dock buildings .
We leave Sharpness .
Crossing a little used railway .
Round a football pitch .
In football its called packing the goalmouth! .
If he knew what they were thinking he wouldn't be standing there .
Ray looks back. Worried for the safety of his party .
But we are soon safely across a stile .
And heading up the hill .
Through fields of buttercups .
Till we pass this house which is next door to .
The Lammastide Inn .
We continue our way back .
He has a certain elegance over stiles .
Crossing a field where the farmer is rather busy .
Same railway as before - this time the site of Berkeley Railway Station .
But what's this? Signs that the railway is still in use .
And they don't want anybody to get in .
We carry quickly on .
Pausing to look at .
The views of this house and .
Across the fields to Stinchcombe .
	Eventually we arrive back in Berkeley .
	Where a member invites us all into his camper van for cocktails before we adjourn to the pub .
	Thanks to Richard for most of the photos and tongue-in-cheek captions
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